VERB He imagined.(past) ADJECTIVE His writing was imaginative. ADVERB He used words imaginatively. LIMITED WORD FORMS, VARYING IN MEANING Revolutionis an example of a word that has some but not all four word forms. Notice that the adjective and adverb forms have meanings that depart from "reb...
wordPast participle: wordedGerund: wording Imperative word word Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011 ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch to new thesaurus Noun 1. word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which ...
but nouns a trifle more foreign form their plurals regularly, as solos, zeros, pianos, etc. When a vowel precedes the o, the plural is always formed regularly. The third person singular of the verb woo is wooes, of do does, of go goes, etc., in analogy with the plurals of the ...
wordPast participle: wordedGerund: wording Imperative word word Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011 ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch to new thesaurus Noun 1. word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which ...
verb(n.) "a word that asserts or declares; that part of speech of which the office is predication, and which, either alone or with various modifiers or adjuncts, combines with a subject to make a sentence" [Century Dictionary], late 14c., from Old Frenchverbe"word; word of God; saying...
(GSL) and the CAWL, means the bottom or lowest part in general English, but a substance that reacts with an acid in Chemistry, while the word respect, which is likewise in both lists, is most frequently used as a verb or noun in general English, expressing courteous behaviour or ...
A shift of stress may change the part of speech of a word from a noun to a verb although its spelling remains unchanged. The noun has the stress on the first syllable and the corresponding verb has the stress on the second syllable. For example: E.g.: ′import n. - im′port v. ...
Use As A Verb Verb Examples pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" select as an alternative; choose instead...
After a group has been formed, you can work with the group the same way you work with any other shape. Every Shape object is anchored to a range of text. A shape is anchored to the beginning of the first paragraph that contains the anchoring range. The shape will always remain on the...
our own true nature that ‘truth’ becomes easier to ‘see’. Realising that ‘truth’ cannot be ‘captured’ by words and concepts, ‘truth’ then ceases to be a noun (the truth) with abstract meaning and becomes more like an adjective (true being) and eventually a verb (being true)!